2 | ANGEL MCCOUGHTRY

It seemed like some sort of divine intervention that a player who was living the dream would sign with the Dream. Angel McCoughtry, a three-time All-American for Louisville, had the sort of 2009 that a basketball player only dreams of.

Less than a week after leading the Cardinals to their first NCAA Tournament championship game, McCoughtry was chosen as the No. 1 overall pick of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.

"The thing I really like the most about Angel is that she plays both ends of the court and is already defensive-minded," Dream General Manager and Head Coach Marynell Meadors said after McCoughtry was selected. "It speaks volumes that she led a conference as tough as the Big East in scoring, rebounding and steals for the last three years."

After a slow start, McCoughtry helped the Dream to a second-place finish in the Eastern Conference, the second-best single season turnaround in league history.

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